CHENNAI: India and China have transformed their once "adversarial relationship" to that of a "full spectrum" one and there was no reason to doubt the neighbours' ability to solve differences in the future, National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon said today. "We have come a long way from the days of sixties and early seventies when it was an adversarial relationship, dominated by a single issue and when communication between the two states and societies...

The BJP has stepped up efforts to select the successor to national security adviser (NSA) Shiv Shankar Menon , as he prepares to demit office after more than four years in that role. The names doing the rounds to be the next NSA include former Intelligence Bureau chief Ajit K Doval , former foreign secretaries Kanwal Sibal and Shyam Saran, ex-ambassador to the UN and BJP man Hardeep Puri and G Parthasarathy, former high commissioner to...

NEW DELHI: The US and UK governments are "extremely stingy" in sharing information with India even though their agencies access and monitor communication worldwide including that of Indians, National Security Advisor (NSA) Shiv Shankar Menon has said in a note that betrays mild frustration coupled with resigned acceptance at their actions. In the note sent to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde , the National Security Advisor said...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday spoke to Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj and her Rajya Sabha counterpart Arun Jaitley on the strained Indo-Pakistan relations, following the beheading of an Indian jawan by the Pakistani forces. The prime minister assured the leaders that the Opposition would be taken into confidence on any important decision...

NEW DELHI: Smart phones are fast becoming means for terrorists to recruit people and communicate with each other, National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon said today. Addressing a seminar here, he said the same technology has been used for mobilisation and social protests by groups, including Aam Aadmi Party in India and protesters during the 'Arab Spring'. "We see terrorist groups using the same technology (mobiles or smart phones) for recruitment, for...

NEW DELHI: The US and UK governments are "extremely stingy" in sharing information with India even though their agencies access and monitor communication worldwide including that of Indians, National Security Advisor (NSA) Shiv Shankar Menon has said in a note that betrays mild frustration coupled with resigned acceptance at their actions. In the note sent to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde , the National Security Advisor said...

NEW DELHI: India needs to develop its own doctrines to truly seek broadest possible "strategic autonomy", National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon said today and advocated the reading of Kautilya's 'Arthashastra' for broadening the vision on issues of strategy. "Much of what passes for strategic thinking in India today is derivative, using concepts, doctrines and a vocabulary derived from other cultures, times, places and conditions," he said here. Menon...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister's special envoy on climate change, Shyam Saran, is quitting the job. Official sources said Saran, who was first appointed as special envoy on the Indo-US nuclear deal and later on climate change, would leave the Prime Minister's office on Mar 14. "Saran will be leaving the office on Mar 14," a PMO source said. However, no no reasons were given for his decision which comes more than a fortnight after another foreign service official, Shiv...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has okayed the name of career diplomat Shiv Shankar Menon as India's new High Commissioner to Islamabad, paving the way for restoration of full diplomatic relations between the two countries. The approval comes nearly 17 months after Menon's predecessor was recalled in the wake of terrorist attack on the Parliament. Official sources here said that Pakistan has formally conveyed to India its acceptance of Menon, currently its ambassador to China, for the hot...

ISLAMABAD: Tough-talking journalist-turned diplomat Maleeha Lodhi is among those who have been short-listed by Pakistan government to be appointed as its new High Commissioner to India even as President Pervez Musharraf shifted his high profile Press secretary Maj Gen Rashid Qureshi as Director General of National Guards. Pakistan has already accepted the nomination of career diplomat Shiv Shankar Menon, as India's new High Commisioner to Islamabad. Officials here today said no...

NEW DELHI: India on Monday demanded from Pakistan extradition of perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks so that they can be brought to justice in India. It also said that it cannot believe a commando-type operation that was in evidence in Mumbai attacks could have taken place without anybody in the Pakistani establishment knowing it. "Our goals are clear. We want the perpetrators to be brought to Indian justice," Foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon told...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday spoke to Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj and her Rajya Sabha counterpart Arun Jaitley on the strained Indo-Pakistan relations, following the beheading of an Indian jawan by the Pakistani forces. The prime minister assured the leaders that the Opposition would be taken into confidence on any important decision related to safeguarding India's security. National...

NEW DELHI: India needs to develop its own doctrines to truly seek broadest possible "strategic autonomy", National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon said today and advocated the reading of Kautilya's 'Arthashastra' for broadening the vision on issues of strategy. "Much of what passes for strategic thinking in India today is derivative, using concepts, doctrines and a vocabulary derived from other cultures, times, places and conditions," he said here. ...

NEW DELHI: Pointing out that information technology has given power to terrorists and non-state actors, National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon today said the government is "in final stages" of developing capabilities for protecting against cyber attacks . Releasing an IDSA report on cyber security, he said here that the same technology has enhanced the internal security capabilities through cyber penetration and a...

CHENNAI: India and China have transformed their once "adversarial relationship" to that of a "full spectrum" one and there was no reason to doubt the neighbours' ability to solve differences in the future, National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon said today. "We have come a long way from the days of sixties and early seventies when it was an adversarial relationship, dominated by a single issue and when communication between the two states and...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister's special envoy on climate change, Shyam Saran, is quitting the job. Official sources said Saran, who was first appointed as special envoy on the Indo-US nuclear deal and later on climate change, would leave the Prime Minister's office on Mar 14. "Saran will be leaving the office on Mar 14," a PMO source said. However, no no reasons were given for his decision which comes more than a fortnight after another foreign service official, Shiv...

WASHINGTON: Counter-terrorism, including Mumbai terror strikes and Afghanistan, and the Sri Lankan conflict figured prominently during the talks foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon had with US secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Tuesday. Menon, who is on a four-day visit to the US, met Clinton at the state department and discussed with her key bilateral and regional issues, including the current situation in Afghanistan. Obama administration considers India as a key...

New Delhi: Foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon is scheduled to go to the US on May 1 amid reports and apprehensions that the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal is coming apart. With the US repeatedly expressing frustration with the pace of talks, the visit of the foreign secretary, who is going there for bilateral consultations, assumes significance. The foreign secretary is travelling to the US after just two months and is scheduled to meet under secretary of state for political...

WASHINGTON: Counter-terrorism, including Mumbai terror strikes and Afghanistan, and the Sri Lankan conflict figured prominently during the talks foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon had with US secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Tuesday. Menon, who is on a four-day visit to the US, met Clinton at the state department and discussed with her key bilateral and regional issues, including the current situation in Afghanistan. Obama administration considers India as a key...

NEW DELHI: India on Monday demanded from Pakistan extradition of perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks so that they can be brought to justice in India. It also said that it cannot believe a commando-type operation that was in evidence in Mumbai attacks could have taken place without anybody in the Pakistani establishment knowing it. "Our goals are clear. We want the perpetrators to be brought to Indian justice," Foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon told...